Means for securing handles and the like to receptacles



.J. KOENIG. I MEANS FOR SECURING HANDLES AND THE LIKE TO RECEPTACLESAPPLICATION men MAY 5; 1919..

1,330, 17 9. Patented Feb. 10,1920.

I I 6 I N J ph Knagi 44 5 L UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' JOSEPH KOENIG, OF TWO RIVERS, WISCONSIN.

MEANS FOR SECURING HANDLES AND THE LIKE TO RECEPTACLES.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Josnrl-r Konxio, a citi- .zen of the United States,and resident of Two Rivers, in the county of Manitowoc and State ofW'isconsin, have invented cer-.

tain new and useful Improvements in Meansfor Securing Handles and thelike to Receptacles; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention refers to new and useful 1mprovements in means for securingthe several parts of a device together, as for instance the attachmentof a handle to a container.

It is the principal object of this invention to improve upon theattaching means shown, described and claimed in my United States PatentN 0. 1,032,841, granted July 16, 1912. A specific object of the presentinvention is to provide an attaching means including a plurality ofrivets which, when properly applied and upset form a flush surface wlththe wall of the container or other article' with which they are used.

proved method,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the handle showing the means forattaching the same to the container in elevation;

Fig. 3 is a detail section taken substantially on the plane of the line3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an inner elevational view of a fragment of the securing plateused in my invention and ,Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the plane ofthe line 55 of Fig. 4.

As illustrative of the application of my invention I have shown in theaccompanying drawinga handle 1 secured to the wall of a container 2 bymy improved method. It is to be understood, however, that other elementsmay be secured to containers and the like by my method, such as. forinstance, the spouts hown in the above mentioned patent.

In the-embodin'ient depicted the wall of the container 2 is firstprovided with a number of apertures 3 suitably arranged withSpecification of Letters Patent.

attaching flange 5 respect to each other and adapted to aline withopenings 4 of similar size formed in the ot' a handle 1'. The containerwall imn'iediately surrounding the openings 3 therein is bent or pressedlaterally, preferably outwardly to provide counter-sinks 6. The portionsof the attaching flange 5 surrounding the openings 4 therein aresimilarly formed as at 7. When the attaching flange of said handle isengaged with the container wall and the apertures and openings 3 and 1alined, the outwardly projecting parts of said wall are seated in thecountersunk portion 7 of said flange.

The handle is attached to the container by a securing plate or strip 8,from one side of which extends a plurality of rivet studs 9, the numberthereof depending upon the number of apertures in the container wall.The configuration of the securing plate is such as to conform to thearticle to be attached and the disposition of the rivet openingstherein. In the present. instance the plate is substantiallysemi-circular inasmuch as the openings at in the attaching flange of thehandle are similarly positioned.

At the base ofeach of the rivet studs v9 the securing plate is annularlyrecessed as at 10. When the plate 8 is engaged with the flange 5 and thestuds 9 disposed within the alined apertures and openings, theprojecting portions 7 of the flange will be disposed in said recesses10. After all of the parts are properly seated the rivet studs are upsetor headed. the heads of each thereof being disposed in the counter-sinks6 so that the exposed ends thereof will be flush with the inner surfaceof the container wall.

As hereinbefore intimated various changes may be made in the form andproportion of Patented Feb. 10, 1920. Application filed May 5. 1919.Serial No. 294,953.

the several parts described, and in the ap- F:-

plication thereof, without departing from or sacrificing any of theprinciples or advantages of the invention as outlined in the appendedclaims.

I claim:

1. In combination, a receptacle or the like havingan aperture, anelement to be at tached thereto and having an opening to be alined withsaid aperture, and a securing plate having a rivet extending therefromand disposed through said aperture and opening, said plate at the baseof the rivet being recessed, the portion of the element around theopening being disposed in said recess when the-rivet is upset.

2. In combination, a receptacle or the like having an aperture, anelement to be attached thereto and having an openlng, said elementopen-ing being countersunk by forcing the material surrounding thesamelaterally, and a securing plate having a rivet stud extending therefromand disposed through said aperture and opening, said plate at the baseof the rivet stud being recessed to receive the counter-sunk portlon ofsaid element when said rivet stud is upset.

3. In combination, a receptacle or the like having a counter-sunkaperture, an element to be attached thereto and havingan opening to bealined with the aperture, and a securing plate having a rivet studextending therefrom and disposed through sald aperture and opening, thehead of sald stud being disposed in the counter-smk of sa d aperturewhen upset, whereby the same will be flush with the wall of thereceptacle.

4. In combination, a receptacle or the hke having an aperture, saidaperture being counter-sunk by forcing the material surrounding the samelaterally, an element to be attached to'the receptacle and hai'lng anopening to be alined with said aperture, said opening being counter-sunkby forcing the material surrounding the same laterally and in the samedirection as the material surrounding said aperture, and a securing.plate having a rivet stud extending therefrom and disposed through saidaperture and opening,

said plate at the base of the rivet stud being recessed to seat thelaterally projected portion of the element surrounding the openingtherein, the head of the stud being positioned in the counter-sink ofsaid aperture when upset.

5. In combination, a receptacle or the like having a pair of apertures,an element to be attached thereto and having a pair of openings to bealined with said apertures and a securing plate havmg a pair of rivetstuds extending therefrom and disposed through said apertures andopenings, said plate at the base of each rivet stud being recessed, theportions of the element around the opening therein being disposed insaid recesses when the rivet studs are upset.

6. The herein described method of attaching parts of articles together,which consists in ape-rturing one of the articles, aperturing an elementto be attached thereto, bending the material surrounding theapertures'laterally, alining said apertures," recessing a securing platearound the base of a stud extending therefrom, disposing said| studthrough said alined apertures and seating said laterally bent portionsof the part of said article and said element together and in saidrecess, thereafter upsetting said stud.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atTwo Rivers, in the county of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin.

JOSEPH KOENIG.

